Exposition planners encountered the pleasant problem of too many interested
vendors for the space allowed for Agricultural and Machinery exhibits. Fortunately,
within the northeastern portion of the grounds was the Stadium with its covered
storage under the north and south sides, convenient to the Agriculture Building
and related agricultural buildings. The south side of the stadium, an area
22 feet wide by 200 feet long, was therefore assigned to the display of agricultural
implements.

Looking down on the Stadium from the Electric Tower. The south side is on
the right side of this image. Note two entrances to the covered Agricultural
Implements Exhibit.

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The place is much haunted by farmers, who caress the ploughs as a surgeon
might his pet instruments; but it is by no means an uninteresting place for
people who know little about farming. A significant exhibit is a reaper made
especially for the Mexican trade, showing that we are learning the first principle
of commerce with the southern countries - not to force on them what we think
would be good for them, but to give them precisely what they themselves demand."